“The Portuguese were very strict in their laws and the way they worked. A couple of years after they left, the corruption levels were low but after Statehood, that was when the trend began to change,” he said.

He said that while most crimes related to burglary and petty crimes were committed because of a person’s poverty, it was the high collar crimes such as scams and misusing of people’s money by people in power that needed to be cracked down on.

“While I was at the CBI, I realized there were crimes committed by the people with authority that ended up choking and twisting the fairness of the system. These I believe are the Bakasur or the jumbo criminals!” said Kumar.

The only way this form of corruption could be dealt with is by creating an atmosphere of fear among this community of ‘jumbo criminals.’ “It won’t work with only one individual or person but with a group of people. In Goa too, the mindset has to change. People have to realise that they should work together to fight corruption whether at the lower or higher level of bureaucracy,” he said.

Kumar through his book ‘Bakasur…the Jumbo Criminal’ and NGO ‘Anti Bakasur Brigade’ hopes to create awareness on how to fight corruption. In Vishakhapatnam where he has started with a group of over 100 people, Kumar said he hopes to create smaller brigades of senior citizens, women and children to join in the fight too. He has also been appointed as an external officer to keep watch on the working and functioning of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).